diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c
index 1819d36a6..54cdcc9e2 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ G_DEFINE_TYPE (MetaWaylandPendingState,
 
 struct _MetaWaylandSurfaceRoleSubsurface
 {
-  MetaWaylandSurfaceRole parent;
+  MetaWaylandSurfaceRoleActorSurface parent;
 };
 
 G_DEFINE_TYPE (MetaWaylandSurfaceRoleSubsurface,